That solicitude for methodological rigor is admirable, except when it veers toward the self-admiring, as when writing off an established scholarly literature with a backhanded "almost entirely atheoretical" (p.

But the life of a gigolo always ends badly" Actor Jack Nicholson "I never watch myself on TV - the way to insanity" Nick Robinson, BBC political editor "All pushy, abrasive, arrogant, self-admiring and under no circumstances to be trusted" Art critic Brian Sewell on TV people "I now have a pacemaker for my heart and they keep on cutting things off me.

But a teacher who is dedicated to serving dance, who plays no destructive or cruel power games, nor indulges in self-admiring ego trips, one who has a method and a point of view and can communicate with consistency and caring, always allowing for the students' personal idiosyncrasies in body build and temperament and always demanding growth--that person is rare, and that person I found in Margaret Craske.

Written with a grace, agility, and wit all too rare in many academic productions, his delightfully readable study goes beyond a simple record of the past and throws new light on the Nobel as "a self-admiring mirror of our democratized, secularized modern culture," and also helps shape "our perception of ourselves for better or for worse.

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